Washington Territorial Governor. He served as Washington's 14th and final territorial governor. Appointed by President Benjamin Harrison in March 1889, he served as governor of the Washington Territory beginning in April, until Washington's admittance to the Union as a state on November 11, 1889. During his brief tenure in office he was forced to deal with major fire disasters in the cities of Seattle, Spokane and Ellensburg, while preparing the territory for transition to statehood. In 1857 he moved to the state of Wisconsin with his parents from Ohio, where he received his early education at the Bronson Institute in Point Bluff. Fascinated by accounts of exploration and financial opportunities in the Pacific Northwest, he left Wisconsin in 1863 shortly after reaching adulthood, settling first in Blackfoot, Montana and eventually in what would become Walla Walla, Washington. Arriving penniless in Walla Walla, he took a job as a clerk in a local general store, before entering into partnership with H. E. Johnson and Company the following year. From 1869 to 1877 he worked in the firm of Paine Brothers and Moore, as a dealer of general merchandise and farm supplies, before becoming interested in local and state politics. In 1877 he was elected as the mayor of Walla Walla, and also served two terms as a member of the Walla Walla City Council. He served as both vice president and president of the Baker-Boyer National Bank, and three years as a member of the executive council of the American Bankers Association. In 1913 he was elected as the president of the board of overseers for Whitman College in Walla Walla. During the final years of his life, he remained committed to the cultural, historical, educational, and economic growth of Washington state. He was succeeded in office by Elisha P. Ferry.
Washington Territorial Governor. He served as Washington's 14th and final territorial governor. Appointed by President Benjamin Harrison in March 1889, he served as governor of the Washington Territory beginning in April, until Washington's admittance to the Union as a state on November 11, 1889. During his brief tenure in office he was forced to deal with major fire disasters in the cities of Seattle, Spokane and Ellensburg, while preparing the territory for transition to statehood. In 1857 he moved to the state of Wisconsin with his parents from Ohio, where he received his early education at the Bronson Institute in Point Bluff. Fascinated by accounts of exploration and financial opportunities in the Pacific Northwest, he left Wisconsin in 1863 shortly after reaching adulthood, settling first in Blackfoot, Montana and eventually in what would become Walla Walla, Washington. Arriving penniless in Walla Walla, he took a job as a clerk in a local general store, before entering into partnership with H. E. Johnson and Company the following year. From 1869 to 1877 he worked in the firm of Paine Brothers and Moore, as a dealer of general merchandise and farm supplies, before becoming interested in local and state politics. In 1877 he was elected as the mayor of Walla Walla, and also served two terms as a member of the Walla Walla City Council. He served as both vice president and president of the Baker-Boyer National Bank, and three years as a member of the executive council of the American Bankers Association. In 1913 he was elected as the president of the board of overseers for Whitman College in Walla Walla. During the final years of his life, he remained committed to the cultural, historical, educational, and economic growth of Washington state. He was succeeded in office by Elisha P. Ferry.
Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.
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